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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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 Posted - 05/29/2005 : 09:19:33 [Permalink]
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Gosh, when I started skateboarding the wheels had not advanced to the polyurethane wheels of today. We were still riding on clay composite wheels. That meant serious trouble if you hit as much as a pebble while riding. Our boards came to a complete stop, no matter how fast we were riding. I still have the scars.
My nose was broken three times surfing, along with various head-bonks that happened when my head and my board tried to occupy the same place in the churning surf during a wipeout. I also managed to get water on the knee, an ulcerated knee from knee paddling long boards, back in the day.
I was shot at a Christmas office party by some guys who thought it would be a fun idea to play with shot gun shells. That injury almost cost me a finger. Lucky for me, as a guitar player, I have almost full movement again in that finger. It's a tad shorter than it was before being shot.
As for my Hinkle knives, I have only cut myself once. And that was due to my knife not being sharp enough…
Folks, it's a dangerous world out there. I recommend staying home and in bed all the time if you don't want to get hurt. (Even though there have been many recorded bed incidents and injuries.) Oh shit, there is no way out.
Living is risky business…
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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Posted - 05/29/2005 : 13:50:47 [Permalink]
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That's simple Ricky...
You just take a hammer a flatten the shell against the concrete.
That's what I did with a .22 I found in the garage. That happened before my father rather angrily explained to me the danger of doing such a thing. I had no clue, and nothing happened, so forunately it was a dud or something.
It never went off.
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2005 : 17:37:21 [Permalink]
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| Oh, I forgot to mention that I have shot brads through my fingers a few times with nail guns... |
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skepticality
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2005 : 09:07:19 [Permalink]
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Kil!
I've done the same dumb thing!
I also got a huge needle through my hand once while assisting in an operating room. (Vet)
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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2005 : 17:27:07 [Permalink]
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I think that it is particularly important to select your friends carefully. If you do so, the chances of being physically or emotionally hurt by any of them is relatively small.
I know. I have had a great life with wonderful friends.
Then again, I do not own sharp, pointy things.
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"Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve about these suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds."
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 06/02/2005 : 05:52:29 [Permalink]
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In my life, I have been shot, stabbed, burned, and snakebit as well as damned near drowned, and there is no doubt that Kil is right: it's a tough and rowdy, old world.
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Folks, it's a dangerous world out there. I recommend staying home and in bed all the time if you don't want to get hurt. (Even though there have been many recorded bed incidents and injuries.) Oh shit, there is no way out.
But, it's the only world we have, and staying home abed isn't all that safe, as stated. The ceiling could fall on you; you could be bitten by a bedbug that has recently fed upon a bubonic rat; your cat could go to sleep on your face and suffocate you like Hungry Joe... Oh, all sorts of terrible things!
Yer gonna croak sooner or later anyway, so quit worrying and enjoy it while yer still in it.
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/02/2005 : 12:56:49 [Permalink]
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Every time I use "Superglue" or "Krazyglue" or a similar product, I get some stuck on my fingers - no matter how many precautions I take.
(I haven't had to use it in a while. That's why I can type this.)  |
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